How to Manifest a Cupcake

Tuesday night, a group of us were discussing the topic of manifestation. In the past, when it came to manifesting money, you may as well have been speaking Russian, because no matter what I'd read or what anyone had tried to teach me, it never seemed to sink in. But this time, I was thinking about it in terms of energy, and something new clicked for me.

You see, I was serving these amazing cupcakes to my girlfriends on Tuesday. I had won the gift certificate in a raffle at an event two weeks earlier, and the energy surrounding my win became the topic of conversation.

There had been dozens of raffle prizes, and some of them I'd really hoped to win. I remember staring at my numbers and muttering, "Come on, come on, call anything between 7211 and 7221." I remember trying so hard to visualize myself winning the dinner for two, the Aveda gift basket, the night away at the fancy hotel … and of course, I didn't win any of them.

Then they announced the gift certificate for the cupcakes. Cupcakes just always make me so happy! And these were square cupcakes - what fun! I had turned to my friends gleefully and said, "I'm going to win those and I'll share them with you at our next gathering!" I was projecting a markedly different energy toward the cupcakes, and I just knew my number would be called. And it was.

What we discussed on Tuesday over said cupcakes were the specific qualities of that energy, and how they applied to other things, like … um … money, for instance. We determined that the energy surrounding a successful manifestation was focused, playful, and unattached to outcome.

• Focused: I love cupcakes so much that it was very hard for me to not focus on them to the exclusion of all else. Sad, perhaps, but true.
  
  
• Playful: Again – love the cupcakes! They represent fun and love and celebration for me. No heaviness can survive in any thoughts related to cupcakes. I felt tickled by the idea of sharing my win with my girlfriends, too.
  
  
• Unattached to outcome: I mean, what did it matter if I didn't win the cupcakes? I can make fabulous cupcakes whenever I want to. There has never been a shortage of cupcakes in my life. I have always felt deserving of cupcakes. If I didn't win these cupcakes, there would be plenty of opportunities for more. It would be fun, but it just didn't matter that much, either way.
  
  

I think you all see how this can be generalized without me spelling it out for you. It's true there is a bit of a paradox in being both focused and unattached to outcome. This is what trips me up, time and again. We're talking really subtle manipulations of energy here. In the case of the other raffle items, I was focused, but really, really hoping for a win. There was a sense of limitation to those prizes for me. I didn't normally get to have or do things like that. They weren't easy for me to replicate on my own. I was definitely not playful about it. And so, therefore, I couldn't possibly manifest them.

It's apparent I need to start thinking of money in terms of cupcakes.

Would you agree with these three qualities or do you have others to share? Let me know in the comments.